Originally Posted by
STS-134
Almost no airlines outside of the US majors have free upgrades to F. And, I can't think of another airline outside of the US that even has a sub-cabin with more legroom that gives those seats to elites while selling them to everyone else. In that sense, UA would just be more closely aligning with the rest of the industry but, they need to get their soft product up to par with the rest of the industry as they do so.
I'm not comparing United to international carriers. I'm comparing them to any airline (mostly DL and AA) who give elites free upgrades to F. I thought that would be pretty clear in my post? I guess my use of the word "an" instead of "their" threw things off?!
United doesn't follow the industry. They follow DL and most threads on this board will talk about that. You don't often (very rarely) see a thread of UA being compared to EK, SQ, etc. unless it's to point out how wide the gap is between the products and what the "home" flyers are willing to tolerate.
Thanks,
-RM